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Prince Harry, left, and Prince William, shown here in a file photo, are in Memphis for the wedding of their friend Guy Pelly. Pelly, who is known for his wild ways, is settling down with Memphian Lizzy Wilson.Photo: Richard Pohle, AFP/Getty Images

Memphis has royal fever as the city is on high alert for sightings of Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry. The princes have kept royal watchers on the move as they play tourist at barbecue joints and even Graceland — much to the delight of their southern hosts.

The brothers are in Tennessee for the wedding of their wild friend Guy Pelly, a British nightclub owner who has finally decided to settle down with Memphian Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilson, granddaughter of Kemmons Wilson, founder of the Holiday Inn hotel chain. The royal visit has touched off a storm of media coverage on both sides of the Atlantic.

Lizzy Wilson and Guy Pelly, shown here in a file photo, are to be married on Saturday. File photo, Getty Images.

“Local newscasts in Memphis used their traffic helicopters to track the Prince’s motorcade as it drove into town Thursday night, treating it as if their native son, Elvis, had risen from the dead,” noted the Daily Mail. “Hundreds of people lined up on the sidewalks hoping for a glimpse of the newly-single Prince Harry and his older brother Prince William as they dined in a pre-wedding dinner at a local barbecue restaurant, Rendezvous.”

The Daily Telegraph also noted that the royal visit had set many a Memphis heart aflutter — especially for Prince Harry, now one of the world’s most eligible bachelors. The prince split with longtime girlfriend Cressida Bonas only a few days ago (prompting more than one reporter to suggest that Bonas might now be consoling herself at the Heartbreak Hotel).

“It was not quite Beatlemania — the crowd outside the restaurant numbered around 100 — but confirmed the prince’s heart-throb status,” said the Telegraph. “Prince Harry and Prince William flew separately to Memphis and Prince Harry’s arrival prompted such excitement that his drive from the airport was followed by a local TV helicopter and broadcast live.”

Royal fans and local news media were on the lookout for the princes all day Friday, tweeting out the princes’ locations whenever they were sighted. The big sighting, of course, was that the Wales brothers, their cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and several wedding guests took a private tour of Graceland, the former home of rock legend Elvis Presley.

So happy Prince William, Prince Harry and the wedding group had a good time on their tour of Graceland.

“I think this is a good thing for Memphis because the international publicity is intense,” Vergos said in the interview with the Commercial Appeal.

For its part, the Commercial Appeal seemed mildly amused by the breathless British accounts of the royal visit, noting the Daily Mail’s use of “the most sensationalistic language possible to describe the aerial footage of the royal motorcade captured Thursday by WMC-TV’s ‘Action News Chopper.’”

Few details about the Pelly-Wilson wedding are known, though there are several reports that indicate it will be held at the Memphis Hunt and Polo Club.

What a media frenzy for a private weekend! This is not a royal tour! #RoyalsinMemphis